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Peterkin is a southern white woman, but she has the eye and the ear to see beauty and know truth. -- W. E. B. Du Bois [Peterkin] pioneered in demonstrating the literary potential for serious depictions of the African-American experience. -- Charles Joyner Coastal Carolina University... Read Full Overview

Scarlet Sister Mary is a 1928 novel by Julia Peterkin. It won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1929. The book was called obscene and banned at the Gaffney, South Carolina public library. The Gaffney Ledger newspaper, however, serially published the complete book.

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Banned in Boston when it was first published in 1928, Scarlet Sister Mary is the story of a sexy, independent, and outspoken woman who lives to please herself. Abandoned by her husband, the heroine takes many lovers, loses her firstborn son, and eventually "finds peace" as a... Read Full Overview

Banned in Boston when it was first published in 1928, Scarlet Sister Mary is the story of a sexy, independent, and outspoken woman who lives to please herself. Abandoned by her husband, the heroine takes many lovers, loses her firstborn son, and eventually "finds peace" as a... Read Full Overview

Scarlet Sister Mary by Julia Peterkin is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel set in the early 20th-century South Carolina Lowcountry. It tells the story of Mary Pinesett, a Gullah woman who, after her husband abandons her, chooses to live freely-embracing motherhood and relationships... Read Full Overview

Scarlet Sister Mary by Julia Peterkin is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel set in the early 20th-century South Carolina Lowcountry. It tells the story of Mary Pinesett, a Gullah woman who, after her husband abandons her, chooses to live freely-embracing motherhood and relationships... Read Full Overview